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Patent GB-1531094-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring and recording system for vehicles
IPC: G07C5/08
Filed: 1976-01-29
Abstract: 1531094 Vehicle monitoring ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 29 Jan 1976 [18 March 1975] 03472/76 Heading G4H In a vehicle, an input code register receives from BCD thumbwheels, an indication of fuel purchased or state code, together with a bit from a manual switch to indicate which. A mileage data register receives the output of a mileage counter driven via a frequency divider from a wheel sensor. A fuel data register receives the output of a fuel flow counter driven from a fuel flow sensor. A clock data register receives the time from an oscillatordriven time base generator. Whenever any of the last three registers overflow (the clock data register overflows every midnight), and whenever a manual data-entry button is pressed, the registers are read-out in turn serially-by-bit via an OR gate to a magnetic cassette tape recorder, a stepping motor advancing the tape for each bit and to provide gaps between the data from successive registers. The counters are reset. The cassette can be subsequently removed from the vehicle and played back into a computer with print-out. Other possible inputs to the tape are listed.
Patent GB-341735-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved construction of spring buffer or bumper
IPC: B60R19/28
Filed: 1930-02-04
Abstract: 341,735. Vehicle collision guards &c. UTIN, S., 152, Stockwell Road, Brixton, London. Feb. 4, 1930, No. 3748. [Classes 103 (ii) and 108 (iii).] A spring buffer or bumper, particularly for use on motor road vehicles, c o m - prises a faceplate 1 having a central projecting bar or rod 2 and a series of other bars or rods 3 concentrically arranged and sliding in grooves 6 in a fixed circular block 4 against the action of a spring 9. The rods 3 pass through holes 6a on a guiding flange 7 coinciding with the grooves 6, and are prevented from leaving the block by having enlarged ends or by projections 3a on one half of each rod. The flange 7 may be integral with or secured to the block 4. Indiarubber pads may be provided in recesses in the face-plate 1, or the whole outside face of the plate may be covered with indiarubber.
Patent GB-1530783-A (GB)
Title: Ultra-sonic pickup device
IPC: B06B1/06
Filed: 1976-01-30
Abstract: 1530783 Ultrasonic transducer array EMI Ltd 30 Jan 1976 [30 Jan 1975] 4020/75 Heading GIG [Also in Division H4] The outputs from an ordered sequence of areas 111, 112 &c. of an elongate Piezo-electric transducer 11 are fed to a solid state switching circuit 212 whose output is combined with other arrangements to produce a total output signal representing a twodimentional scan of the ultrasonic energy incident on the face created by the transducer assembly. The transducer outputs are converted to inphase and quadrature components by phase detectors and multi-plexers controlled by a shift register to synthesise an acoustic-lens or give image enhancement. Ceramic bars 10, 11 are epoxy-bonded to flexible printed circuits 20, 21 and these sub-assemblies united by resin-impregnated woven glass fibre strips under heat and pressure before applying a metallic film electrode (2) Fig. 3a (not shown).
Patent GB-639910-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved means for testing wire
IPC: G01N3/20
Filed: 1948-02-11
Abstract: 639,910. Fatigue testing of materials. TAYLER & CO., Ltd., D. F., and BROOK, G. B. Feb. 11, 1948, No. 4043. [Class 106 (ii)] Wire for spring manufacture y is tested by winding it under a predetermined tension around a mandrel r of the same diameter as the wire, unwinding, and re-winding until the wire breaks. A base plate a carries in bearings a shaft b provided with a hand wheel e and a friction drive wheel l. One end of the shaft b is provided with a hole m for securing one end of the wire to be tested, and is counterbored to accommodate the free end of the mandrel r. The mandrel r is held in a fixed chuck n in a tailstock p mounted on the base a. A lever v is arranged to grip the wire by screw means x and is keyed to a shaft s to which at the far end is secured a lever u which may be weighted to provide a predetermined tension on the wire during winding and unwinding. In operation the wire is wound on the mandrel by rotation of the hand wheel l, the lever v moving radially towards and away from the mandrel as the wire is wound and unwound.
Patent GB-548224-A (GB)
Title: Four-wheel drive and braking system for vehicles
IPC: B60K17/34
Filed: 1941-03-26
Abstract: 548,224. Motor vehicle driving and steering gears. GARNER, G. F. March 26, 1941, No. 4061. Convention date, March 26, 1940. [Classes 79 (ii), 79 (iv) and 79 (v)] A vehicle in which both axles are driven and are swivelled for steering about a central pivot 9 comprises gearing 18, 17 driving the axles through a longitudinal shaft 3, 3a having a universal joint 4 concentric with the steering pivot 9, the shaft being enclosed in housings 5, 6 and 5a, 6a rigid with the axle casings 1, 1a, the inner ends of these housings being forked at 7, 8 and connected together by the steering pivot 9. At least one of the shaft housings is in two parts 5, 6 or 5a 6a rotatable relatively to each other about the axis of the shaft 3, 3a, so that either axle can oscillate relatively to each other about this axis. The chassis frame 16 is supported on the front axle 1 at the points 11, 12 and on the pivot 9, a beam 13 fixed to the fork 7 of the forward housing 5a, 6a being connected to the frame and body by springs (not shown). Steering is effected by rotating the forks 7, 8 relatively to each other, a steering shaft 21 carried by the chassis and the fork 7 driving a worm wheel 20 secured to the steering pin 9 which is rigid with the fork 8 and the rear housing 5, 6. Brake drums 19 for normal and emergency braking are provided on the shaft 3.
Patent GB-725574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in internal combustion reaction turbines
IPC: F02C3/16
Filed: 1953-02-13
Abstract: 725,574. Gas-turbine plant; centrifugal compressors. SANTANGELO, G. Feb. 13, 1953 [Feb. 16, 1952], No. 4072/53. Classes 110 (1) and 110 (3). [Also in Group XII] In a gas turbine comprising a rotor consisting of a shaft with a plurality of straight blades each formed with a helicoidal leading edge and having two zones of different radii, the part of the blades in the first zone which have the larger radii form, in conjunction with the turbine casing, a compressor and the parts of the blades which have the smaller radii are connected at their outermost ends by arch-shaped members which form an undulating surface which in conjunction with the turbine casing forms an annular combustion chamber, the combustion gases from which are passed through a plurality of nozzles arranged on the periphery of a disc mounted on the shaft. Air is supplied to the compressor of a gas-turbine plant through an annular inlet 1 having straight blades 2 followed by helicoidal blades 7. The compressor comprises a shaft 5 carrying a plurality of straight radial ribs 8 which are bent at their leading edges to form helicoidal inlet guides 9. Parts of the lengths of the ribs 8 are connected by arch-shaped members 12 which form with the stationary outer cylindrical casing 11 the combustion chamber. The combustion gases leaving the combustion chamber pass through ports 24 in a disc 15 attached to the shaft 5, to the admission chamber 34 of tangentially directed nozzles 14. The gases are exhausted through ports 20. A sheet-metal casing 29 attached to the casing 11 by a corrugated sheet 30 forms a jacket through which passes air from the extensions 36 of the ribs 8. This air mixes with the combustion gases before they pass through ports 24. To cool the root of the nozzles 14, air circulates through a recess 31, a space 32 between the nozzle and the disc and issues from small channels 33. The shaft 5 is mounted in bearings 4, 17 supported in the end casing members. Labyrinth stuffing-boxes 26, 27 form an annular space 28 which is supplied with air from the compressor discharge to balance the axial thrust.
Patent GB-114191-A (GB)
Title: An Internal Grinder or Mill for use in Lathes, Boring, Drilling and other Machine Tools.
Inventor: KERSHAW HARRY
IPC: B24B27/00
Filed: 1917-03-20
Abstract: 114,191. Kershaw, H., and Fryers, A. March 20, 1917. Disk apparatus.-Attachments to lathes, drilling, milling, and other machines for internal grinding or milling comprise an eccentrically-adjustable slowly rotating snout containing a flexible or universal shaft driving the high-speed cutter or grinding-wheel. The attachment is secured to the machine spindle by a flanged plate c, Fig. 1, to which the flange of the snout d is pivoted at e. The flange c is slotted at g, Fig. 2, to pass a second retaining-bolt f embraced by a forked block n adjustable in the slot by a fine-pitch screw m. In the case of a spindle with universal joints, the rear portion is squared to slide in the driving- pulley and has an outboard bearing carried by the machine and a ball bearing at c*. A cap l confines dust-excluding washers in the countersunk end of the snout. When applied to a machine having a solid spindle, the flanged plate c is constructed as shown in Fig. 5. A pinion c' mounted in the plate transmits drive from an internally toothed driving-pulley of annular form and running on ball races to a pinion k<4> driving the rear portion k* of the cutter spindle.
Patent GB-421867-A (GB)
Title: Improved manufacture of higher ethers
Filed: 1934-02-07
Abstract: Ethers of high molecular weight are obtained by treating hydrogen halide esters of primary aliphatic or hydroaromatic alcohols containing at least six carbon atoms with glycerol or polyglycerols in an alkaline medium.  Etherification catalysts, e.g. copper and iodine may be used and the esters and glycerols may be substituted by inert groups such as ether, sulpho, alkyl and aryl groups.  In an example, mono sodium glycerol is heated with a mixture of the a -chlorides of octane, decane, dodecane and tetradecane in excess of glycerol.  The chlorides, bromides and iodides of myristic, cetyl and oleic alcohols are mentioned and also those derived from resin alcohols.  The products may be used as softening agents in the cosmetic industry.  Samples have been furnished under Sect. 2 (5) of ethers obtained from a mixture of naphthenylchlorides and also from 10-methoxy-1-chlordecane by condensation with glycerol.  The 1 : 10-methoxy-1-chlordecane is obtained from 1 : 10-dioxydecane by converting the latter into its chlorhydrin, and treating first with sodium-methylate and then with thionylchloride.
Patent GB-229337-A (GB)
IPC: H03B19/03
Filed: 1925-02-14
Abstract: 229,337. Lorenz Akt.-Ges., C. Feb. 15, 1924, [Convention date]. Frequency, changing.-To reduce the high iron losses which occur in transformers employed in producing high-frequency oscillations for radio transmission from a high-frequency alternator when a high ratio of multiplication is effected in a single stage, the multiplication is effected in two stages by the arrangement shown. The first transformer T1 is connected in a circuit comprising an inductance L and condenser C tuned to the frequency of the generator G. A second oscillatory circuit C1, L1 tuned to the frequency of the first multiplication stage, which may be up to 13-fold without introducing serious iron losses, is connected across the transformer T1. The inductance L1 is connected, either directly or through a condenser C2 enabling the circuit to be tuned to the frequency of the first multiplication stage, to a second transformer T2, to which a circuit L2, L3 tuned to the required frequency is connected. Specification 192,461 is referred to.
Patent GB-901156-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for biological sterilization
IPC: A61L2/10
Filed: 1961-02-06
Abstract: 901,156. Sterilizing apparatus. THOMAS, A. Feb. 6, 1961 [Feb. 9, 1960], No. 4370/61. Class 81 (1). A sterilizing device comprises in combination an enclosure having a first gas inlet adapted to be connected to a source of treating gas, a second gas inlet adapted to be connected to an ozone-generating unit associated with the enclosure, a third gas inlet for introducing a flushing gas, an outlet for effluent gas from the enclosure and an ultra-violet ray generator unit. As shown, the sterilizing apparatus comprises in combination the enclosure 1 mounted on the generating unit 2, a first gas inlet 10 into the enclosure connectable with a source of treating gas, an inlet 16 into the ozone generating unit connectable with a source 19 of oxygen containing gas, and an outlet 11 for effluent gas from the enclosure, the outlet 20 for the ozone-containing mixture from the unit connectable with a second inlet 21 into the enclosure, and ultra-violet rays generator unit 12 within the enclosure. The enclosure is provided with two openings sealed by flexible sleeve elements 9 formed as gloves at their ends allowing the operator to insert his forearms and so handle the objects in the enclosure under sterile conditions. In use there is first delivered into the enclosure a current of sterilizing gas, e.g. ethylene oxide, at a rate substantially below that required to produce effective sterilization and then an ozone containing gas is passed through the enclosure at a rate substantially below that required to produce effective sterilization by the ozone-containing gas alone, the combined result of the successive gas treatments being to produce effective sterilization of the enclosure contents. The contents may be irradiated concurrently with at least one of the gas treatments with ultraviolet rays at a rate substantially below that required to produce effective sterilization by the rays alone.
Patent GB-545169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connecting rods for agricultural mowing machines
IPC: A01D34/32
Filed: 1941-04-02
Abstract: 545,169. Mowing-machines. BAMFORD, C. J., BAMFORD, J. C., and BAMFORD, H. V. April 2, 1941, No. 4405. [Class 6 (iii)] [Also in Group XXVI] A connecting-rod for reciprocating the knife-bar comprises a metal end or ends having a pair of jaws 11 secured to the wooden or other main part 14 by bolts 15 passing through concentric tubes 16, 17 with an intervening rubber or other elastic filling 18 for absorbing shocks transmitted to the rod when the knife meets obstructions. The inner tubes 16 are slightly larger than the outer tubes 17 and in contact with the jaws 11. Rubbing plates 19 may be connected to the main part 14.
Patent GB-749594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the determination of iodine pentoxide-reactive gases and apparatus therefor
IPC: G01N21/78
Filed: 1953-02-17
Abstract: <PICT:749594/III/1> In a method of determining the concentration of a gas capable of reacting with iodine pentoxide the gas is passed in contact with iodine pentoxide at a temperature at which reaction takes place, the treated gaseous mixture which contains liberated iodine being examined by a light source and photo-cell.  As shown, the gas under test which may be carbon monoxide or a mixture of gases containing carbon monoxide is fed through a pipe 4 into the first of a pair of vessels 37, 39 containing iodine pentoxide.  These vessels situated in a tank 2 fitted with liquid heated by an element 3.  The temperature of the bath is such that the gas reacts with the iodine pentoxide liberating iodine which passes through tube 38 muff 31 surrounding glass sample tube 28 and aperatures 32, in tube 28 into the tube itself, where a measure of its capacity is made by photo-cell 50 at one end of the tube and light source 17 at the other.  The sample tube is also situated in the heating fluid.  The gas leaves the tube by way of muffs 33, 34 hole 35, 36 in tube 28 and tubes 42, 43 passing through the wall of the heating bath.  The photo-cell 50 is held between nuts 8, 12 while nut 8 also supports internal members 14, 16 which support a window 52 sealing the sample tube.  The light source comprises a lamp 17 mounted with a reflector 18 and supported by a lampholder 19.  The lampholder is attached to a member 22 which is screwed to a fixed nut 23 on the liquid bath. Member 22 also carries internal members 24, 25 which hold window 53 in place.  If another gas which reacts with iodine pentoxide is mixed with carbon monoxide and is to be determined the apparatus may be operated first at a temperature at which carbon monoxide alone reacts and second at a temperature at which both react.
Patent GB-209321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in pneumatic socks or insoles for boots and shoes
IPC: A43B17/03
Filed: 1923-02-15
Abstract: 209,321. Jones, H. Feb. 15, 1923. Foot-arch supports.-A pneumatic sock or insole 1 is provided with an outer casing of which the top and sides are of soft pliable material 3 and the bottom of thicker material 4 such as sole leather. In a modification, the top and bottom of the casing are united by gore-like side members. Two-part screw clips 7 may be passed through the sock at certain points, and particularly those marked 9, Fig. 1, in order to cause a bulging of the part of the sock below the arch of the foot.
Patent GB-587274-A (GB)
Title: Facsimile telegraph apparatus
IPC: H04N1/36
Filed: 1944-03-09
Abstract: 587,274. Facsimile telegraph recorders and transmitters. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., Ltd. March 9, 1944, No. 4451. Convention date, Nov. 30, 1942. [Class 40 (iii)] [Also in Group XXXV] In a telegraph recorder and transmitter, the driving motor 117 is fed from a source 90 through start-stop relay 82, the motor field winding 115 having resistor 123 in series which is shunted out for varying periods in accordance with the difference in the frequencies of two vibratory switches 131, 137 operated by the motor and current in winding 109 respectively, the winding 109 being fed through relay 82 and barretter 95 and having its voltage established across resistors 98 or 99 which are temperature responsive so that the frequency of switch 137 is stabilized against variations of supply voltage and ambient temperature. For record. ing, switch bar 140 is moved to its right-hand position, whereupon signals detected by the discriminator 721 and appearing at point 49 control the valves 654, 754 to operate relay 82. For transmission, switch bar 140 is moved to the left to cause valve 754 to become conducting and hold relay 82 operated. Source 90 also feeds a generator 215 for supplying operating voltages for printer magnets 180, 182 and transmitter applifiers connected to line 219, the generator circuit being closed by operation of slow-release relay 208 when switch bar 140 is moved to either position. Actuation of relay 208 opens a short-circuit across lamp 221 connected in series with regulator 220 when switch 140 is in its recording position. Motor 117 accelerates till centrifugal switch 121, opens to permit the stabilizing arrangement to operate. Specification 427,257 is referred to.
Patent GB-178611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in looms for weaving a series of narrow fabrics
IPC: D03D35/00
Filed: 1921-11-08
Abstract: 178,611. Hill, H. Nov. 8, 1921. Beat-up motions.- In a narrow-fabric loom of the type described in Specification 154,269, [Class 142 (ii), Looms, Kinds &c.], the beating-up reed Q is carried by bent arms R on a rocking shaft S.
Patent GB-1166915-A (GB)
Title: Novel Polyamide Compositions
IPC: C08L67/02
Filed: 1967-01-30
Abstract: 1,166,915. Nylon compositions. TEIJIN Ltd. 30 Jan., 1967 [29 Jan., 1966; 24 Aug., 1966], No. 4471/67. Heading C3R. A polyamide composition comprises (A) 60 to 90 wt. per cent of nylon 6 or 6,6; (B) correspondingly 40 to 10% of a polyester of which more than 80 mole per cent is composed of ethylene terephthalate units; and (C) 10 to 60% by wt. of (B) of a polyamide of a C 6-10  diamine and a C 6-19  diacid, or a copolyamide thereof with caprolactam, having a melting- point below 300‹ C. and at least 20 mol. per cent of the repeating units of which contain a benzene nucleus in the main polymer chain. Numerous examples of suitable components and combinations thereof are given. The compositions optionally contain conventional ingredients, e.g. viscosity or heat stabilizers, U.V. absorbers, antioxidants, antistatic agents, dyes or pigments. The compositions may be spun into yarns for use in tyre cords or carpets.
Patent GB-562530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for magnetic crack detection
IPC: G01N27/84
Filed: 1943-03-23
Abstract: 562,530. Magnets. EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING CO., Ltd., and YOUNG, G. B. March 23, 1943, No. 4681. [Class 35] [Also in Group XXXVI] A device for the detection of cracks in steel or iron parts comprises a permanent magnet with a bridging diverter path of soft iron to divert the magnetic flux from the part under test to enable this to be easily removed. A permanent magnet A has extended polepieces B bolted to its ends. At their outer ends these polepieces are provided with sliding pole extensions C by means of which the gap between the polepieces may be adjusted to accommodate test pieces of varying length. The extensions C are fixed by grip screws D, A rotatable diverter F of soft iron is fixed on a spindle G which is mounted in non-magnetic bearings. The diverter F may be turned by a handle I into the position shown in dotted lines so that it bridges the polepieces B, a square cam J engaged by a spring K holding it in either the full-line or dotted-line position. Polar extensions E may be fixed to the polepieces B and shaped to correspond to the curved ends of the diverter F. Alternatively, the diverter may be turned by foot power through gearing and levers or by outside power. The diverter may be arranged to divert a portion of the flux from the part under test, the cam J being shaped so as to allow the diverter to be set in an intermediate position. Instead of the single permanent magnet A, a number of magnets clamped together'may be employed.
Patent GB-851385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to workroom furniture
IPC: A61G15/14
Filed: 1958-02-13
Abstract: 851,385. Furniture combinations; seats. DOHERTY, P. J., and DOHERTY, M., [trading as DENTAL DEVELOPMENT CO.]. Feb. 6, 1959 [Feb. 13, 1958], No. 4696/58. Classes 52(2) and 52(3) In an arrangement of workroom furniture for dentistry &c. a platform 1 has mounted upon it a swivel chair 2 eccentrically mounted on a pivot 3 which is in turn mounted on a tubular support 8 rotatable on a main axle 4 so as to provide a more extensive imaginary boundary defined by the seat than is allowed by the swivel alone, equipment units such as a wash basin 18, towel rail 19, receptacles 20, 23, instrument drawers 24, telephone support 26, cabinet 29 &c. being arranged around the periphery of the platform. The units are assembled by means of keys and keyways 42, 43 and screws 44.
Patent GB-803398-A (GB)
Title: Filling pipes for vehicle petrol or like tanks
IPC: B60K15/04
Filed: 1956-02-16
Abstract: 803,398. Flanging. WESTWOOD RIM & PATENTS, Ltd., WESTWOOD, S. C., and WESTWOOD, N. F. Feb. 11, 1957 [Feb. 16, 1956], No. 4837/56. Class 83 (4). In a method of making a flanged filling pipe for a vehicle petrol or like tank a pipe 4 having an integral flange 5 is circumferentially grooved and the resulting internal rib 6 is flattened to form a rib 7 on the outer face of the flange.
Patent GB-858882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to pins for two-part rivet fasteners
IPC: B21J15/02
Filed: 1959-02-12
Abstract: 858,882. Rivets. HUCK MANUFACTURING CO. Feb. 12, 1959 [Feb. 14, 1958], No. 4911/59. Class 89(1). A pin or mandrel 10 for use with a swageable-collar 14 in a two-part-rivet, comprises a head 24 and a cylindrical-shank 12 with locking-grooves 30, 32, into which the collar is swaged, a break-neck 40 on the side of the grooves remote from the head, and a groovedportion 44a adjacent the free-end of the stem for engagement by the jaw 64 of a pulling-tool 58. Each groove 44 is V- shaped and has a jaw-engaging-surface 54 at an angle bf between 45 and 90 degrees to the pin-axis. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 629,098.